Alsman v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the government cannot demonstrate that its position was substantially justified when it refused to address its conduct at all
• concluding that Hensley requires that attorneys’ and experts’ fees be awarded with reference to plaintiffs actual success
• explaining that hotel expenses would have been recoverable if they were properly substantiated
• permitting travel expenses for plaintiffs attorney and expert witness but excluding travel expenses for other individuals
• reducing plaintiff’s total fee request including fees attributable to the EAJA application by 33.3%
• “Defendant cannot prove that the Government’s conduct was substantially justified when it does not address its conduct at all.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).